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NEWS ABOUT: Rutgers

Rutgers stories: 13 news summaries
ANALYSIS

 GOP Bails on Its Feminine Side 

Purge of moderates will render party male-dominated

Nov 9, 09 4:47 PM CST
(Newser) - Rebelling conservatives pushed Republican Dede Scozzafava out of the House race in New York’s 23rd District because she’s a moderate. But she’s also a woman, and her ouster points to a toxic side effect of the tea party revolution: the closing of the GOP to all but... More »

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Rutgers • women • GOP • New England • Republican Party • Deborah Pryce • House Republicans • moderate • New York state • conservatives • Dede Scozzafava • 23rd District

(Newser) - Don Imus is negotiating with Fox Business to broadcast a video simulcast of his morning talk show, the Los Angeles Times reports. Imus had a simulcast deal with MSNBC when his radio show was on CBS, before he referred to the Rutgers women’s basketball team as “nappy-headed... More »

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entertainment • television • CBS • Don Imus • Rutgers • MSNBC • shock jocks • Fox Business Network • radio stations • Rutgers University • WABC • RFD-TV • talk-show host • simulcast

 Where's Waldo? 
 In the Record Book 

University smashes previous record for Waldo gathering

Apr 3, 09 4:38 PM CDT
(Newser) - Rutgers University has broken a Guinness World Record by packing a theater with 1,052 students and faculty members dressed in red-striped shirts in an homage to the Where’s Waldo books, the Daily Targum reports. The group was almost twice the size of the crowd of 577 that previously... More »

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Rutgers • world record • charity • record • Guinness World Records • Guinness World Record • Where's Waldo

Moisturizers Increase
Skin Cancer in Mice

More research needed to judge effect on humans, dermatologists say

Aug 15, 08 12:34 PM CDT
(Newser) - Moisturizers used by millions around the world each day may increase skin cancer in mice, the Daily Mail reports. But many more tests are needed before researchers can draw conclusions about humans. In mouse experiments, animals primed to develop skin cancer were exposed to UV light. The moisturized mice developed... More »

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cancer • Rutgers • skin cancer • cancer research • carcinogens • cosmetics

Contrite Imus Returns to Air

Other than 2 black cohorts and a new policy on race, 'not much has changed'

Dec 3, 07 8:28 AM CST
(Newser) - Don Imus was broadcasting again this morning, eight months after being fired for calling the Rutgers women’s basketball team you-know-whats. His new cast sports two black comedians, and while Imus promised not to joke about racism, other than that “not much has changed,” he said. “Dick... More »

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Don Imus • Rutgers

Kickoff Brings High Hopes, Big Hype at Rutgers

No. 16 Scarlet Knights open with Buffalo after landmark 2006 showing

Aug 30, 07 10:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - Expectations are outpacing tickets sales as Rutgers, coming off perhaps its best season, kicks off its 2007 college football season tonight by hosting Buffalo. The Scarlet Knights enter the season as a ranked team—they're 16th—for the first time ever after going 11-2 and barely missing a major bowl.... More »

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Heisman Trophy • Rutgers • Buffalo Bills • NCAA football • Greg Schiano

College Athletes Scrape for Cash for Low-Profile Sports

Cleaning and car washes fill funding gaps

Aug 24, 07 5:34 AM CDT
(Newser) - Football and basketball squads are big money makers for colleges, but less popular spectator sports have trouble just staying afloat. How much trouble? Penn State's fencing team clears trash at the football stadium after games to earn funds for the team,  reports the New York Times. Star athletes at... More »

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NCAA • Penn State • Rutgers • lacrosse • soccer • athlete • swimming • college • Utah • fencing • college sports

Imus Gets
$20M, Maybe a Comeback

DJ settles with
network after getting hose for 'hos'

Aug 14, 07 3:18 PM CDT
(Newser) - Shock Jock Don Imus may be returning to the airwaves, after a short vacation precipitated by a bit too much shock. Imus is reportedly in talks with WABC in what looks like a an embryonic attempt to launch a comeback, only four months after CBS fired him for calling the... More »

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radio • CBS • Don Imus • Al Sharpton • Rutgers • WABC

Fired Imus Meets Players

Apr 13, 07 9:17 AM CDT
(Newser) - Don Imus sat down with the Rutgers women’s basketball team last night, hours after he became a former radio star for calling them “nappy-headed hos.”  The meeting, which included their coaches and parents, took place at the New Jersey governor’s mansion, whose proprietor, Jon Corzine,... More »

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radio • CBS • Don Imus • Rutgers • New Jersey • racism

Rutgers Coach Fires at Imus

Apr 10, 07 12:31 PM CDT
(Newser) - Rutgers coach Vivian Stringer struck back at Don Imus in a press conference today, calling his comments " deplorable, despicable and unconscionable"—but confirming that her players will meet with the foul-mouthed radio host. Stringer says her players are "valedictorians, future doctors, musical prodigies," not the' "... More »

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radio • WNBA • women's basketball • Rutgers Scarlet Knights • Don Imus • Rutgers • women's college basketball • Matt Lauer • Al Roker • C. Vivian Stringer

Imus Gets 2-Week Suspension

Apr 9, 07 8:22 PM CDT
(Newser) - Five days after characterizing the Rutgers women's basketball team as "nappy-headed ho's," renegade radio personality  Don Imus received a two-week suspension from NBC News and CBS Radio, along with a mandate that he must change the tone of his show, the Times reported. Imus made a contrite appearance... More »

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media • radio • NBC • CBS • Jesse Jackson • Don Imus • Al Sharpton • Rutgers • women's college basketball

Imus, Sharpton Square Off

After "stupid" remarks from former and ire from latter, hosts
to meet on-air

Apr 9, 07 6:19 AM CDT
(Newser) -  Two of the loudest personalities on the FM dial will publicly brawl today when right-leaning mock jock Don Imus visits Al Sharpton’s syndicated show, days after characterizing the black-leaning Rutgers basketball team as “nappy-headed hos.” The always-vociferous Sharpton wants Imus fired, and Imus—no shrinking violet... More »

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sports • media • radio • Don Imus • Al Sharpton • Rutgers

Imus in Hot Water Again

Uses racial and gender inappropriate epithets to describe Rutgers women's basketball team

Apr 7, 07 3:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Earlier this week during his syndicated show simulcast on MSNBC and CBS radio station WFAN Don Imus called the Rutgers Women's basketball team "nappy headed hoes," initiating a firestorm of criticism.  The politically incorrect shock jock now admits that his remarks were "inappropriate, thoughtless and stupid.... More »

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entertainment • radio • CBS • Don Imus • Rutgers • MSNBC

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